Mu Janyuwale 2012, ŵanthu awo ŵakugwiliskira ntchito YouTube ŵakugwiliskira ntchito maminiti 15 pa zuŵa. Mu 2017, ŵanthu awo ŵakawoneleranga pa foni ŵakawoneleranga pa YouTube kwa ora limoza zuŵa lililose.
Mu Disembala 2012, ŵanthu ŵakukwana 2 biliyoni ŵakawonelera mavidiyo gha sumu gha Universal na Sony pa YouTube. Billboard yikasuska fundo iyi, yikati mavidiyo agho ŵanthu ŵakawonelera ghakafika pa Vevo, chifukwa pa YouTube pakaŵavya. Pa Ogasiti 5, 2015, YouTube yikamazga suzgo ilo likapangiska kuti vidiyo yiŵe na vithuzi 301 (panyuma pake "301+") m'paka apo yikapelekekera. Ŵakuwonelera pa YouTube ŵakuŵerenga nyengo yeneyiyo.
Kwambira mu Seputembala 2019, chiŵelengero cha ŵanthu awo ŵakulembeska chikuŵa chichoko. Ŵanthu ŵakuwona waka manambara ghatatu gha chiŵelengero cha awo ŵakutegherezga pa wayilesi iyi, ndipo ichi chikupangiska kuti ŵanthu ŵaleke kuwona vinthu nga ni Social Blade. Awo ŵakugwira ntchito mu YouTube Studio ndiwo ŵangamanya unandi wawo.
Pa Novembala 11, 2021, pamanyuma pa kuyezga kusintha uku mu Malichi chaka chenechichi, YouTube yikapharazga kuti yikwamba kubisa ivyo ŵanthu ŵakutinkha pa mavidiyo, mwakuti ŵanthu ŵaleke kuwona. Kampani iyi yikati yikasankha nthena cifukwa ca kuyezgayezga uko kukalongora kuti ŵanthu ŵacoko waka awo ŵakupangiska mavidiyo gha pa YouTube ŵakusuzgika comene. Awo ŵakulemba nkhani ŵazamuwona unandi wa ŵanthu awo ŵakuŵatemwa na awo ŵakuŵatinkha mu YouTube Studio.[77][78][79]
Nkhani za Copyright
YouTube yikasangana na masuzgo ghanandi na kususkika pa ivyo yikakhumbanga kuchita pa nkhani ya copyright, kusazgapo vidiyo yakwamba ya pa webusayiti iyi, Lazy Sunday, iyo yikenera kuwuskikapo cifukwa ca kufipa mtima na nkhani za copyright. Para munthu waŵika vidiyo pa Intaneti, pa YouTube pakulongora uthenga wakuti waleke kuswa malango gha copyright. Nangauli pali ulongozgi uwu, kweni mavidiyo ghanandi agho ŵanthu ŵandazomerezgeke kughaŵika pa YouTube. YouTube yikuwonelera yayi mavidiyo pambere ghandatumizgike pa Intaneti, ndipo awo ŵali na wanangwa uwu ndiwo ŵakwenera kukanizga munthu kuti waŵikemo pa Intaneti. Para munthu wazomera kudandawura cifukwa ca kuswa malango gha pa kompyuta, YouTube yikumususka. Para munthu walemba madandaulo ghatatu pa nkhani ya kuswa wanangwa wa munthu, nkhani yake na mavidiyo ghose agho walemba ghafumiskikenge. Kwambira mu 2007 m'paka mu 2009, mawupu ghanyake nga ni Viacom, Mediaset, na English Premier League, ghakatolera YouTube ku khoti, chifukwa ghakatenge yindachiteko kanthu kalikose kuti yivikilire vinthu ivyo vili na copyright.
Mu Ogasiti 2008, khoti la ku United States likadumura mulandu wa Lenz v. Wupu wa Universal Music Corp. ukati awo ŵali na wanangwa uwu ŵangazomerezga yayi kuti nkhani yifumiskike pa Intaneti kwambura kumanya usange nkhani iyo yalembeka njakwenelera. Google, mwenecho wa YouTube, wakapharazga mu Novembala 2015 kuti ŵawovwirenge kulipira milandu iyo ŵakugomezga kuti njakwenelera.
Mu 2011, mulandu wa Smith v. Summit Entertainment LLC, wakwimba Matt Smith wakadandawura ku Summit Entertainment cifukwa ca kugwiliskira nchito mwambura kwenelera mauthenga ghakufumiska vinthu pa YouTube. Wakadandawura pa milandu yinkhondi na yiŵiri, ndipo yinayi yikamovwira Smith. Mu Epulero 2012, khoti linyake ku Hamburg likadumura kuti YouTube ndiyo yikwenera kuŵa na mulandu pa nkhani izo ŵanthu ŵakulemba. Pa Novembala 1, 2016, mphindano na GEMA yikamara, ndipo Google content ID yikagwiliskirika nchito kuti yivwire kuŵika malonda pa mavidiyo agho ghali na fundo izo GEMA yikuvikilira.
Mu Epulero 2013, vikayowoyeka kuti Universal Music Group na YouTube ŵali na phangano ilo likukanizga kuti vinthu ivyo vyajalika pa YouTube na UMG viwezgepo, nanga ni para munthu uyo wakugwiliskira ntchito vidiyo iyi walembapo dango lakuyana na dango la DMCA. Mu 2017, Universal na YouTube ŵakakolerana na mabungwe ghanyake ghakurughakuru kuti ŵagulirenge sumu pa YouTube. Kufika mu 2019, awo ŵakalenga mavidiyo ŵakamba kuwuskamo panji kulekeska kugwiliskira ntchito ndalama para Content ID yawona kuti sumu izo zili na copyright zili mu mavidiyo ghatali. Ŵadokotala ŵakasanga kuti vinyake mwa vinthu ivi vikaŵa vyakwenelera kugwiliskira ntchito.[80]
Content ID
Mu Juni 2007, YouTube yikamba kuyezga pulogiramu yakumanyirathu mavidiyo agho ghakuswa malango. Mubali Eric Schmidt, mulara wa Google, wakati nthowa iyi njakukhumbikwa kuti ŵeruzgenge milandu nga ni iyo yikamba na Viacom. Pakwamba, nthowa iyi yikachemekanga kuti "Video Identification" ndipo pamanyuma yikamanyikwa kuti Content ID. Para munthu waŵika vidiyo pa Intaneti, yikwendeskeka na database, ndipo para yikukolerana na ivyo walemba, yikulongora kuti yabuda. Para ivi vyacitika, mwenecho wa vidiyo wangasankha kujandizga vidiyo kuti waleke kuyiwonelera, panji kuŵikapo malonda.
Mu 2009, munthu munyake wakayezga sumu yimoza pa YouTube, ndipo wakasanga kuti nangauli nthowa iyi yikaŵa "yakukhozga chomene" pakusanga vinthu ivyo vikuswa malango gha ŵanthu pa nkhani ya mavidiyo, kweni yikaŵa yambura kwananga. Kugwiliskira ntchito Content ID kuti munthu wafumiskemo vinthu vinyake mwamabuchi, kwapangiska kuti paŵe mphindano chifukwa ŵanthu ŵandawone usange mavidiyo agha ngawemi kugwiliskira ntchito. Usange munthu uyo wakugwiliskira ntchito YouTube wakususka ivyo Content ID yasankha, wangalemba fomu.
Pambere chaka cha 2016 chindafike, ŵanthu ŵakagwiliskiranga ntchito mavidiyo yayi kuti ŵasange ndalama. Kwambira mu Epulero 2016, mavidiyo ghakulutilira kusanga ndalama para mulandu uli mukati. Usange munthu uyo wakujura vidiyo wakukhumba kusanga ndalama pa vidiyo iyi, wangawuskamo mazgu agho ŵakususkana nagho mu "Video Manager". YouTube yikuyowoya kuti Content ID njimoza mwa vifukwa ivyo vikapangiska kuti mu Disembala 2010 ŵasinthe malango gha pa webusayiti iyi kuti ŵanthu ŵanyake ŵaŵikenge mavidiyo ghambura kumara.[81]
Kuŵa ŵakuzika na kuyuyura
YouTube yili na malango ghakovwira ŵanthu kuti ŵaleke kusuzgika na vinthu vinyake. Kuŵika mavidiyo agho ghali na nkhani za kutuka, vyauzeleza, na vinthu vinyake ivyo vikukhozgera nkharo ziheni kukukanizgika na "Malango gha YouTube". Vinthu ivyo vikukanizgika ni nkhani za kugonana, mavidiyo gha nkhaza za vinyama, mavidiyo ghakukhozga soni, nkhani izo zaŵikika pa Intaneti kwambura kuzomerezgeka na mwenecho wa nkhani, nkhani za kutinkhana, mauthenga ghaheni, na nkharo za kutinkhana. Ŵateŵeti ŵa pa YouTube ŵakuwona mavidiyo agho ghalembeka kuti ghaleke kukolerana na fundo za pa Intaneti. Nangauli pali ulongozgi uwu, kweni YouTube yikususkika cifukwa ca milimo yake, ndondomeko yake ya kucenjezga iyo yikovwira kuti mavidiyo agho ghakovwira ŵanthu kuti ŵagomezge fundo za uryarya ghaleke kunangika, kuŵika mavidiyo agho ghakulongora kuti ghakuyowoya vya ŵana kweni ghakuyowoya vya nkhaza panji vya kugonana.
Makampani gha pa YouTube ghakulemba ŵalaŵiliri ŵa vinthu, awo ŵakuwona kuti vinthu ivyo vyalembeka vikususkana na fundo za pa YouTube ndipo ŵakumanya usange vikwenera kuwuskikapo. Mu Seputembala 2020, munthu munyake uyo wakachitanga ntchito iyi wakapeleka dandawuro lakuti wali na suzgo la post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Mwanakazi uyu wakati kanandi waka wakawoneleranga vithuzi vyamuziro kwa maora ghanayi pa zuŵa. Pa mulandu uwu, ŵantchito ŵa pa YouTube ŵakayowoya kuti ŵakaŵasambizga viŵi yayi panji kuŵawovwira yayi pa nkhani ya umoyo wa maghanoghano wa awo ŵakuŵawovwira, ŵakaŵachichizga kuti ŵasayinire chikalata chakuphalira ŵantchito kuti ŵaleke kumanyikwa pambere ŵandaŵalongore nkhani izo ŵangaghanaghanirapo, kweniso ŵakaŵavikilira pa nkhani za masuzgo agho ŵanthu ŵakukumana nagho. Likayowoyaso kuti YouTube yikakana kupempha kuti nkhani izo zili na vithuzithuzi viheni chomene zifipiskike, kuchepeskeko ukuru wake, panji kuŵa za mtundu umoza.
Kuti ŵanthu ŵaleke kupuluskika na nkhani zautesi pa YouTube, ŵali na ndondomeko yikuru ya umo ŵangachitira na mavidiyo ghakubudika.
Vinthu vinyake ivyo ŵanthu ŵakususkana navyo ni ivyo vikuyowoya za ŵanthu awo ŵakukana kuti kuli Ciwowota ca Ŵayuda na soka la ku Hillsborough, apo ŵanthu 96 ŵa ku Liverpool ŵakakomeka mu 1989. Mu Julayi 2008, Komiti ya vya Chikhalidwe na Vyakuyowoya ya Nyumba ya Commons ya United Kingdom yikati "yikatondeka kukondwa" na ndondomeko ya YouTube ya kulaŵilira mavidiyo ghake, ndipo yikati "kuweleramo mwakukhazikika pa ivyo vili mu vidiyo kuyenera kuŵa kachitiro kawemi pa malo agho ghakuŵa na mavidiyo gha ŵanthu". YouTube yikazgora kuti:
Tili na malango ghakudunjika pa ivyo tingazomerezga, ndiposo ndondomeko iyo yikovwira waliyose uyo wawona vinthu vyambura kwenelera kuti wapharazge ku gulu lithu la awo ŵakuwona nkhani za mu nyuzipepara. Tikupharazgira ŵanthu ŵa mu chigaŵa chithu pa malango agha na kuŵika chigaŵa chakudunjika kufuma pa peji lililose la YouTube kuti chiŵe chipusu kwa awo ŵakujambura. Chifukwa cha unandi wa mavidiyo agho ghakusangika pa webusayiti yithu, tikughanaghana kuti iyi ndiyo nthowa yiwemi chomene yakovwilira kuti mavidiyo ghachoko waka agho ghakuswa malango gha pa webusayiti ghasangike mwaluŵiro.[82] (July 2008)
Mu Okutobala 2010, Muwupu wa United States Anthony Weiner wakapempha YouTube kuti yiwuskemo mavidiyo gha Imam Anwar al-Awlaki pa webusayiti yake.
Mu 2018, YouTube yikayambiska ndondomeko iyo yikasazgirako mabokosi gha fundo ku mavidiyo agho ma algorithms ghake ghakasanga kuti ghangaŵikapo fundo za chiwembu na nkhani zinyake zautesi, ndipo yikasazgirapo fundo za mu buku la Encyclopædia Britannica na Wikipedia kuti yikamanyiske ŵanthu kuti ŵaleke kusambizga ŵanthu unenesko kwambura kukhwaska wanangwa wa kuyowoya. Pakumalira moto wa Notre-Dame pa Epulero 15, 2019, ma video ghanandi agho ŵanthu ŵakasungilira gha moto uwu ghakalembeka na ndondomeko ya YouTube.
Pa April 18, 2023, YouTube yikaphara kusintha kwa ivyo yikusintha pa nkhani ya vyakurya. Pa social media platform iyi Community Guidelines sono yikuletsa vyakurya ivyo vingapangiska kuti ŵanthu awo ŵali na suzgo la kurya vinthu vinyake yayi. Vinthu ivi vikusazgapo vyakuchita ivyo vikulongora kuti munthu wakulondezga chomene calorie na kufumiska vyakurya. Kweni mavidiyo agho ghakuŵa na nkharo yiwemi nga nkhusanga kuti munthu wakuwona vinthu vinyake, ghazomerezgeka pa webusayiti iyi mu vinthu viŵiri - uyo wali na akaunti yakugwiliskira ntchito ndipo wakwenera kuŵa na vyaka vyakujumpha 18.
Kutinkhana na ŵanthu ŵanyawo
Ŵalongozgi ŵankhondi awo ŵakapangiska nkhani za ŵanthu ŵa mtundu wa LGBTQ+ ŵakadandawura ku boma la YouTube mu Ogasiti 2019, chifukwa ŵakaghanaghananga kuti ivyo YouTube yikugwiliskira ntchito vikupangiska kuti ŵanthu ŵaleke kusanga vinthu ivyo vikusangika pa Intaneti.
Mu Juni 2022, Media Matters, gulu ilo likuwona vya vyapa media, likati nkhani za ŵanthu awo ŵakutemwa kugonana na ŵanthu ŵanyawo (homophobic and transphobic content) izo zikuphalira ŵanthu ŵa mtundu wa LGBT kuti "predators" na "groomers" zikulutilira kusangika pa YouTube..[83]
YouTube ngati chida cholimbikitsira malingaliro a chiwembu ndi zokhutira ndi ufulu
YouTube yikususkika cifukwa cakuti yikugwiliskira nchito nthowa iyo yikovwira kuti mavidiyo agho ghakukhuŵilizga vigomezgo vya uryarya, utesi, na nkhani zautesi ghaŵe pa malo ghapacanya. Mwakuyana na kafukufuku wa The Wall Street Journal, "Kanandi ivyo YouTube yikuphalira ŵanthu vikuŵalongozgera ku ma TV agho ghakuyowoya vya vimbundi, maghanoghano gha ŵandyali, na mavidiyo ghakupuluska, nangauli ŵanthu aŵa ŵakukhumba yayi kuwona nkhani izi. Para ŵanthu ŵakutemwa vya ndyali pa ivyo ŵakutemwa kuwonelera, YouTube yikuŵaphalira kuti ŵawonelerenge mavidiyo agho ghakukolerana na ivyo ŵakutemwa". Para ŵanthu ŵakupenja mazgu gha ndyali panji gha sayansi, pa YouTube ŵakugwiliskira ntchito mautesi. YouTube yikati yapulika ŵanthu ŵakufumba nkhani zautesi pa nkhani ya kuwombera ŵanthu ku Las Vegas mu 2017, yikakwiya chomene chifukwa cha kuŵika chomene nkhani zautesi na za chiŵembu. Mu 2018, ŵanthu ŵakayowoya kuti pa YouTube pali nkhani zinyake izo zikuyowoya vya nyifwa ya Anthony Bourdain.
Mu 2017, vikavumbukwa kuti ŵanthu ŵakaguliskanga mavidiyo gha ŵanthu ŵakutemwa vinthu vyakututuzga. Pamanyuma pa nkhani iyi, makampani ghakamba kuleka kutandazga pa YouTube, ndipo YouTube yikadandawura na kuyowoya kuti yingawovwira makampani kuti ghaŵe na mazaza pa malo agho ghakutandazgira.
Alex Jones, uyo wakumanyikwa cifukwa ca fundo zake za uryarya, wakaŵa na ŵanthu ŵanandi pa YouTube. Mu 2018, YouTube yikadandawura apo yikawuskapo vidiyo iyo yikaŵa na mazgu ghaheni agho Jones wakayowoya. Kweni pa Ogasiti 6, 2018, YouTube yikawuskapo nkhani ya Alex Jones.
Pulofesa munyake wa pa Yunivesite ya North Carolina, zina lake Zeynep Tufekci, wakati YouTube ni "nyambo yikuru yakupangiska ŵanthu kuŵa ŵankhaza". Jonathan Albright wa ku Tow Center for Digital Journalism ku Columbia University wakati YouTube ni "malo gha chiŵembu".
Mu Janyuwale 2019, YouTube yikayowoya kuti yili na ndondomeko yiphya iyo yikamba kugwira ntchito ku United States. Pa YouTube pakaŵa nkhani za charu chachanya, vyakuchizga vyakuzizwiska, na vya pa Seputembala 11. Ivyo YouTube yikachita kuti yileke kuphalirako ŵanthu mavidiyo gha ŵanthu ŵakujikuzga agho ghakususkana na fundo zautesi, na kulondezga umo ŵanthu ŵakutemwera, ŵakakana chifukwa vikatimbanizganga ŵanthu. Kuumaliro wa chaka cha 2019, webusayiti iyi yikamba kuchita vinthu vyakovwira kuti "ŵanthu ŵamanye vinandi kweniso kuti ŵaleke kupuluskika".
Kafukufuku munyake wakulongora kuti pa YouTube pali nkhani zinyake izo ŵanthu ŵakuyowoya zautesi. Mu kafukufuku uyo wakachitika mu Julayi 2019 ndipo wakalongosora ivyo ŵanthu 10 ŵakachita pa YouTube pa nkhani ya kusintha kwa nyengo. Kafukufuku uyo wakachitika na BBC mu 2019 pa nkhani ya kupenja vinthu pa YouTube mu viyowoyero 10, wakalongora kuti YouTube yikovwira ŵanthu kuti ŵamanye vinandi vyakukhwaskana na umoyo wawo. Ku Brazil, YouTube yikukolerana na kusambizga ŵanthu vinthu vyautesi vyakukhwaskana na umoyo wa ŵanthu, kweniso nkhani zakukhwaskana na viyezgo. Ku Philippines, mawayilesi ghanandi ghakapharazga uthenga wautesi wakukhwaskana na mavoti gha mu 2022. Kweniso, kafukufuku uyo wakachitika pa nkhani ya kuthandazga vigomezgo vya charu chapasi pa Intaneti, wakulongora kuti pa YouTube, ŵanthu ŵakughanaghana kuti ivyo ŵakugomezga ni vyaunenesko.[84]
Kugwiliskira nchito pakati pa ŵanthu awo ŵakutemwa kusankhana mitundu
Pambere chaka cha 2019 chindafike, YouTube yikawuskapo mavidiyo panji tumavidiyo uto tukasuskanga fundo za ŵanthu awo ŵakutemwa chomene kusankhana mitundu.
Pamanyuma pa kuwukira kwa masisiteri ku Christchurch mu Malichi 2019, YouTube na mawebusayiti ghanyake nga ni Facebook na Twitter agho ghakazomerezganga ivyo ŵanthu ŵakugwiliskira nchito ghakatambuzgika cifukwa ca kucita vinandi yayi kuti ŵaleke kutinkha ŵanthu. Mapulatifomu agha ghakacizgika kuti ghawuskemo vinthu ivi, kweni mu nkhani iyo wakapeleka ku nyuzipepara ya The New York Times, mulara wa YouTube, Neal Mohan, wakati, mwakupambana na mavidiyo gha ISIS agho ghali na mtundu unyake ndipo ghangawoneka makora na kompyuta, mazgu ghakutinkha ŵanthu ghakaŵa ghakusuzga kughapulika na kughapulikira.
Mu Meyi 2019, YouTube yikajibatika ku chilato cha France na New Zealand pamoza na vyaru vinyake na makampani gha vya tekinoloje kuti ŵasange nthowa zakugwiliskira nchito kuti ŵaleke kutinkha ŵanthu pa intaneti na kupanga malango agho ghakwendeskeka pa caru cose. Pamanyuma, pa Juni 5, 2019, YouTube yikapharazga kuti yingasintha chomene malango ghake, "kwambura kuzomerezga mavidiyo agho ghakulongora kuti gulu linyake ndakuzirwa chomene kuti ŵanthu ŵaleke kusankhana mitundu, kupatulika, panji kusankhana chifukwa cha msinkhu wawo, mtundu wawo, mtundu, chisopa, kugonana kwawo, panji chifukwa cha umo ŵakuchitira". Pa YouTube pakaŵa mavidiyo ghanyake agho "ghakukhozga panji kuchindika visambizgo vya Nazi, ivyo ni vyakusankhana". YouTube yikayowoyaso kuti "yiwuskenge nkhani izo zikukana kuti vinthu vyakofya ivyo vili kulembeka makora, nga ni Holocaust panji kuwombera ku sukulu ya Sandy Hook, vikacitika".
Mu Juni 2020, YouTube yikakanizga mawayilesi ghanandi agho ghakukolerana na kusankhana mitundu. Spencer, apo wakayowoyanga kuti mawayilesi agha ghakususkana na fundo zawo za kutinkha ŵanthu. Kulekelera uku kukacitika zuŵa leneilo Reddit yikapharazga kuti yikanizga maforamu gha nkhani za kutinkhana, kusazgapo r/The_Donald.[85]
Umo tingachitira na nthenda ya COVID-19 na mauthenga ghanyake ghakubudika
Pamanyuma pa kutandazga pa YouTube mauthenga ghautesi ghakukhwaskana na nthenda ya COVID-19 kuti 5G technology ndiyo yikapangiska nthenda ya coronavirus 2019 iyo yikapangiska kuti 5G towers zinandi mu United Kingdom zikomeke na ŵaboma, YouTube yikawuskapo mavidiyo ghose agho ghakulongosora vya 5G na coronavirus mu nthowa iyi.
YouTube yikasazgirako ndondomeko iyi mu Seputembala 2021 kuti yikore mavidiyo agho ghakupharazga uthenga wautesi wakukhwaskana na munkhwala uliwose, kusazgapo awo ŵavomerezgeka nyengo yitali kuti ŵakomenge nthomba panji Hepatitis B, awo ŵavomerezgeka na wupu wa vyaumoyo panji wupu wa vyaumoyo pa charu chose. Webusayiti iyi yikawuskamo nkhani za ŵanthu awo ŵakususka katemera nga ni Robert F. Kennedy Jr. na Joseph Mercola pa nyengo iyi. Maakaunti ghaŵiri agho ghakakolerana na RT Deutsch, wayilesi ya ku Germany ya RT ku Russia, ghakafumiskikaso chifukwa cha kuswa malango gha YouTube.
Google na YouTube ŵakakhazikiska ndondomeko mu Okutobala 2021 kuti ŵaleke kupeleka ndalama panji ndalama ku ŵanthu awo ŵakupharazga panji awo ŵakupanga vinthu ivyo vikovwira kuti ŵanthu ŵakane kusintha kwa nyengo.
Mu Julayi 2022, YouTube yikapharazga fundo izo zikovwira kuti ŵanthu ŵaleke kumanya vinandi pa nkhani ya kufumiska nthumbo.[86]
Child safety and wellbeing
Leading into 2017, there was a significant increase in the number of videos related to children, coupled between the popularity of parents vlogging their family's activities, and previous content creators moving away from content that often was criticized or demonetized into family-friendly material. In 2017, YouTube reported that time watching family vloggers had increased by 90%.[87][88] However, with the increase in videos featuring children, the site began to face several controversies related to child safety. During Q2 2017, the owners of popular channel FamilyOFive, which featured themselves playing "pranks" on their children, were accused of child abuse. Their videos were eventually deleted, and two of their children were removed from their custody.[89][90][91][92] A similar case happened in 2019 when the owners of the channel Fantastic Adventures was accused of abusing her adopted children. Her videos would later be deleted.[93]
Later that year, YouTube came under criticism for showing inappropriate videos targeted at children and often featuring popular characters in violent, sexual or otherwise disturbing situations, many of which appeared on YouTube Kids and attracted millions of views. The term "Elsagate" was coined on the Internet and then used by various news outlets to refer to this controversy.[94][95][96][97] On November 11, 2017, YouTube announced it was strengthening site security to protect children from unsuitable content. Later that month, the company started to mass delete videos and channels that made improper use of family-friendly characters. As part of a broader concern regarding child safety on YouTube, the wave of deletions also targeted channels that showed children taking part in inappropriate or dangerous activities under the guidance of adults. Most notably, the company removed Toy Freaks, a channel with over 8.5 million subscribers, that featured a father and his two daughters in odd and upsetting situations.[98][99][100][101][102] According to analytics specialist SocialBlade, it earned up to £8.7 million annually prior to its deletion.[103]
Even for content that appears to be aimed at children and appears to contain only child-friendly content, YouTube's system allows for anonymity of who uploads these videos. These questions have been raised in the past, as YouTube has had to remove channels with children's content which, after becoming popular, then suddenly include inappropriate content masked as children's content.[104] Alternative, some of the most-watched children's programming on YouTube comes from channels that have no identifiable owners, raising concerns of intent and purpose. One channel that had been of concern was "Cocomelon" which provided numerous mass-produced animated videos aimed at children. Up through 2019, it had drawn up to US$10 million a month in ad revenue and was one of the largest kid-friendly channels on YouTube before 2020. Ownership of Cocomelon was unclear outside of its ties to "Treasure Studio", itself an unknown entity, raising questions as to the channel's purpose,[104][105][106] but Bloomberg News had been able to confirm and interview the small team of American owners in February 2020 regarding "Cocomelon", who stated their goal for the channel was to simply entertain children, wanting to keep to themselves to avoid attention from outside investors.[107] The anonymity of such channel raise concerns because of the lack of knowledge of what purpose they are trying to serve.[108] The difficulty to identify who operates these channels "adds to the lack of accountability", according to Josh Golin of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, and educational consultant Renée Chernow-O'Leary found the videos were designed to entertain with no intent to educate, all leading to critics and parents to be concerned for their children becoming too enraptured by the content from these channels.[104] Content creators that earnestly make child-friendly videos have found it difficult to compete with larger channels, unable to produce content at the same rate as them, and lacking the same means of being promoted through YouTube's recommendation algorithms that the larger animated channel networks have shared.[108]
In January 2019, YouTube officially banned videos containing "challenges that encourage acts that have an inherent risk of severe physical harm" (such as the Tide Pod Challenge) and videos featuring pranks that "make victims believe they're in physical danger" or cause emotional distress in children.[109]
Sexualization of children and pedophilia
Kweniso mu Novembala 2017, ŵapharazgi ŵakavumbura kuti mavidiyo ghanandi agho ghakulongosora vya ŵana, agho kanandi ghakutumika na ŵana ŵambura kufikapo, kweniso agho ghakulongora ŵana ŵakuseŵera na vyakusanguluska, ghakakopanga ŵanthu awo ŵakutemwa kugonana na ŵana. Mavidiyo ghanyake agho ghakulongosora vya ŵana agho ghakaŵa pa YouTube ghakamba kuthandazgika pa webusayiti iyi.
Chifukwa cha mphindano izi, izo zikasazgirako kwenjerwa pa nkhani ya "Elsagate", ŵapharazgi ŵanandi awo ŵakapharazganga na mavidiyo agha ŵakaleka kugwiliskira nchito YouTube. Mu Disembala 2018, nyuzipepara ya The Times yikasanga milandu yakujumpha 100 iyo ŵana ŵakachitiranga vinthu vyambura kwenelera (nga nkhuvura malaya, kujitozga mwakujumphizga, na kukhwaska ŵana ŵanyawo mwambura kwenelera). Mutolamakani munyake wakati wawona mavidiyo agha, hafu yikafumiskika.
Mu Febuluwale 2019, munthu munyake uyo wakulemba mavidiyo pa YouTube, zina lake Matt Watson, wakamanya kuti pa YouTube pali "chidolo" icho chikupangiska kuti ŵanthu ŵawonenge mavidiyo agha. Mavidiyo ghanandi agha ghakaŵa na mazgu gha ŵanthu awo ŵakachitiranga nkhaza ŵana ŵawo. Mu vigaŵa vinyake, ŵanthu ŵanyake ŵakaŵikangaso mavidiyo agha mu nthowa yinyake, kweni ŵakagwiliskiranga ntchito mavidiyo ghanyake. Pamanyuma pa nkhani iyi, wupu uwu ukati wafumiskapo ma TV ghakujumpha 400 na mauthenga mamiliyoni ghanandi. Muyowoyeri munyake wakalongosora kuti "vinthu vyose ivyo vingananga umoyo wa ŵana ni viheni ndipo tili na malango ghakukanizga pa YouTube. Paliso vinandi vyakuti tichite, ndipo tikulutilira kuyezgayezga kuti tiŵawovwire kuti ŵamanye luŵiro ŵanthu awo ŵakusuzgika". Nangauli pakaŵa vinthu ivi, kweni AT&T, Disney, Dr. Oetker, Epic Games, na Nestlé wose ŵakafumiska malonda ghawo pa YouTube.
Pamasinda, YouTube yikamba kulekeska malonda gha mavidiyo agho ghakaŵa na mazgu ghakutinkha ŵanthu. Wupu uwu ukalongosora kuti uwu ukaŵa wovwiri wakanyengo kachoko waka apo ŵakaghanaghaniranga nthowa zinyake zakumazgira suzgo ili. Kweniso YouTube yikamba kujara masiteshoni agho ghakuŵa na ŵana. "Ŵabwezi ŵakugomezgeka" ŵangapempha kuti ŵambeso kuyowoyapo, kweni para ŵamara kuyowoyapo, iyo ndiyo wazamupwelelera. Vinthu ivi vikovwira chomene ŵana ŵachoko, kweni ŵana ŵalara na ŵawukirano nawo ŵangavikilirika usange ŵakuchita vinthu ivyo vingawoneka nga ni vya kugonana, nga ni maseŵero ghakukhozga thupi. YouTube yikayowoya kuti yikugwiraso nchito pa nthowa yiwemi yakuwuskirapo ma comment pa masiteshoni ghanyake agho ghakukolerana na umo ŵanthu ŵakusuzgira ŵana.
Kuyezga kulembapo mavidiyo agho ghakulongosora vya "CP" (chidule cha vithuzithuzi vyamuziro vya ŵana) kukapangiska kuti ŵanthu ŵamanye nkhani zinyake izo zikukolerana yayi na mavidiyo agha. YouTube yikadandawura na kuwezgerapo mavidiyo. Kweniso, ŵanthu awo ŵakuguliska mavidiyo pa Intaneti ŵakukhumba kuti mavidiyo ghawo ghafumiskike panji kuwuskikapo. YouTube yikayowoya kuti yikuchitapo kanthu yayi pa mavidiyo agho ghali na mazgu agha, kweni pa mavidiyo agho ghakulongora kuti ŵanthu ŵakuchita vinthu na ŵana.
Mu Juni 2019, nyuzipepara ya The New York Times yikalemba vya ŵanthu ŵanyake awo ŵakasanga kuti ŵanthu awo ŵakuwonelera mavidiyo gha vyauzeleza ŵangapika mavidiyo gha ŵana. Pa cifukwa ici, Senator Josh Hawley wakayowoya kuti wakukhumba kukhazikiska dango ilo lingakanizga YouTube na mawebusayiti ghanyake kuti ghaleke kulongora mavidiyo agho ghakulongora ŵana ŵacoko waka. YouTube yikayowoya kuti yikukhumba kuwuskamo mavidiyo ghose agho ghakulongora ŵana pa malo ghakuru gha YouTube na kughaŵika pa malo gha YouTube Kids uko ŵangakhozga chomene ndondomeko ya ndondomeko ya mavidiyo, kweniso kusintha vinyake vikuru pa malo ghakuru gha YouTube..[110]
Misogyny
Lipoti la mu Janyuwale 2022 la kampani ya Social Media Analytics Bot Sentinel likati ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵakugwiliskira ntchito YouTube kuti ŵalembepo vinthu viheni vyakukhwaskana na Prince Harry na Meghan, kusazgapo fundo za chiŵembu vyakukhwaskana na banalume aŵa. Bot Sentinel nayo wakasanga kuti nkhani yinyake iyo yikayowoyanga kuti Meghan wakaŵa na nthumbo yayi, yikawoneka pafupifupi 19 miliyoni ndipo yikasanganga ndalama pafupifupi $44,000 pa chaka. Mu Malichi, YouTube yikajandizga nkhani iyi.
Lipoti la mu Ogasiti 2022 ilo likapelekeka na wupu wa ku Britain wakuchemeka Center for Countering Digital Hate, likati kusuzga ŵanakazi kwazara chomene pa YouTube. Likayowoya kuti mawayilesi agho ghakukolerana na ivyo Andrew Tate wakuchita ghakugwiliskira ntchito YouTube kuti ghasazgireko ŵanthu awo ŵakughawonelera. Mu bukhu lake la 2022 Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination, mtolankhani wa Bloomberg Mark Bergen wakati ŵanakazi ŵanandi awo ŵakupangiska nkhani ŵakusuzgika, kusuzgika na kusuzgika.[111]
April Fools gags
Pa YouTube pakaŵa nkhani ya ŵanthu ŵakujikuzga pa April Fools pa April 1, chaka chilichose kufuma mu 2008 m'paka 2016. Mu 2008, mavidiyo ghose agho ghakaŵa pa peji lakwamba ghakaŵa na vidiyo ya Rick Astley ya sumu yakuti "Never Gonna Give You Up". Chaka chakulondezgapo, para munthu wakudodoliska pa vidiyo pa peji lakwamba, peji lose likazgoka, ndipo YouTube yikati ni "ndondomeko yiphya". Mu 2010, YouTube yikafumiska nthowa ya "TEXTp" iyo yikung'anamura vithuzi mu ASCII kuti "vichepeske mtengo wa bandwidth na $1 pa sekondi".
Chaka chakulondezgapo, malo agha ghakakondwelera "chaka cha 100" na mafilimu ghanandi ghambura mazgu gha kuuyambiro wa ma 1900, kusazgapo na gha Keyboard Cat. Mu 2012, para munthu wakudumura pa DVD iyo yili pafupi na logo ya webusayiti iyi, wakawonanga vidiyo iyo yikulongosora umo ŵanthu ŵakugwiliskira ntchito YouTube kuti ŵapeleke mavidiyo ghose pa DVD.
Mu 2013, YouTube yikakolerana na kampani ya nyuzipepara yakuchemeka The Onion, ndipo yikati pa vidiyo iyo yikaŵa pa webusayiti iyi, yikayowoya kuti yikamba na mpikisano. Mu vidiyo iyi mukaŵa ŵanthu ŵakumanyikwa pa YouTube, kusazgapo Antoine Dodson. Vidiyo ya ŵanthu ŵaŵiri awo ŵakapharazga vya mavidiyo agho ghakapelekeka ku ŵanthu ŵa mitundu yinyake, yikalongoreka kwa maora 12.
Mu 2014, YouTube yikapharazga kuti ndiyo yikapangiska mavidiyo ghose agho ghakathandazgika pa Intaneti, ndipo yikavumbura mavidiyo ghanyake nga ni "Clocking", "Kissing Dad", na "Glub Glub Water Dance". Chaka chakulondezgapo, YouTube yikasazgirako batani la sumu ku vidiyo iyo yikaseŵeranga sumu ya Darude ya "Sandstorm". Mu 2016, YouTube yikapeleka mwaŵi wa kuwonelera mavidiyo ghose pa pulatifomu mu 360-degree mode na Snoop Dogg.[112]